Essays about: "discursive institutionalism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words discursive institutionalism.
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1. Educating the future - Responsibly: A qualitative study about sustainability perceptions in education within Stockholm School of Economics
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : Given the sustainability challenges that the world faces today, understanding and having insight into the nuances of sustainability and sustainability implementation is more important than ever. Business schools, as an incubator for future leaders, have an important role in fostering sustainable leadership. READ MORE
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2. Destruction or Protection? A discursive institutionalist study of the ideas behind the different responses to the Minimum wage directive in Sweden and Finland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study seeks to understand and explain why Sweden and Finland voted differently in the Council of the European Union on the proposal of a minimum wage directive. The two countries share a labor market system, based in collective bargaining and important roles for trade unions and employer organizations, without a legally set minimum wage. READ MORE
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3. THE GOVERNMENTAL DISCOURSE TOWARD HOMOSEXUALS IN SWEDEN. A critical discourse analysis of the changing discourse between the years 1935 and 2007
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This Master’s Thesis aims to examine how the governmental discourse of the attitudes toward homosexuals has changed in Sweden since 1935 up until modern day. To do this, selected quotes for deeper analysis based on a larger textual analysis of nine Government Commissioned Reports (SOUs) between 1935 and 2007 are used, consisting of approximately 1000 pages. READ MORE
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4. Locating Indigenous Agencies in Climate Policies of the Arctic : Positionalities of Indigenous People(s) and Traditional Knowledge in the Science-Policy Discourse of Climate Change
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Indigenous people in the Arctic are recognized as being on front line of confronting the effects of changing climate as well as of the global measures taken for its management, however, remaining marginalized under the conventional ways of governing. This thesis examines the positionalities of indigenous people(s) and traditional knowledge in the science-policy discourse of climate change. READ MORE
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5. Swimming Women : Discursive struggles over women's hours at municipal pools
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores constructions of meaning, or frames, surrounding the policy of women’s hours in public debates and municipal settings, using newspaper articles and municipal documents as main empirical sources. Departing from the puzzle of how women’s hours are depicted as both gender equitable and gender inequitable in the debate, the thesis draws on previous research of how gender equality and multiculturalism relates to each other, potentially producing tensions in policymaking and discourse. READ MORE